There’s a plan from a Wisconsin Republican lawmaker to limit social media for kids.
Green Bay state Rep. David Stephen introduced a plan yesterday that would stop anyone under 18 from using social media between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Parents could opt-out under the plan. Stephen says social media is a threat to the ‘health and wellbeing of our children.’ The specifics of the legislation would require social media companies to verify the ages of all accounts created after 2019, and get permission from parents for young people to use them. If not, Stephen wants to fine social media companies 100 dollars-a-day for each violation.
Stephen is not the only lawmaker looking at social media limits, Lawmakers in Utah and Arkansas passed similar measures earlier this spring.
